Bulletin board



April 24, 192s. 1,667,091

F. S. WOLSTENHOLME BULLETIN BOARD Filed Jan 5. 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 1TRAIN N ARRIVE FROM 77 DUE.

LEAVE FUR gwuewtoz April 24, '1928.

. 1,667,091 F. S. W OLSTENHOLME BULLETIN BOARD Filed Jan. 5. 1927 3Sheets-Sheet 3 awn {0'5 I15. WOLJTENHOL/VE ane Patented Apr. 24, 1 928.UNITED STATES I, 1,667,091 PATENT OFFICE,

FREDERICK s. woLsrENI IoLME, or RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

BULLETIN BOARD.

. Application filed January 3, 1927. Serial Ho 158,670.

This invention relates to bulletin boards and more particularly; to sucha device adaptedforuse as a train'bulletin'in railroad stations and'thelike. I 7

An important object of the invention is to provide a novel bulletinboard having inter changeable signswhereby thetime a trainis due may beposted together with the time of its probable-arrival. Y

A further objectis to provide a bulletin board of the characterreferredto' wherein the interchangeable signs and the support ing' meanstherefor are of novel construction to permit the'interchanging of signsto'be facilitated. 7,, v w a r ,A further object A further object istoprovide a bulletin board which is adapted to be operated wholly from therear side thereof and provided' with means for holding the inter-'changeable signs within the casing of the board when they are not inuse. 9

A further object is-to provide a bulletin board having a series ofopenings therein through which the interchangeable signs'are visible,each sign being provided adjacent its ends with rearwardly turned lipsadapted to engage flanges of supports arranged against the "rear face ofthewbulletin' board. A further object is to provide a bulletin board ofthe character just mentionedwherein the lips of the signs are providedwith slightly curved-rear edges which are adapted to engage againsttheflanges of the.

supports, the latter being flat, and arranged angularly with respecttothe bulletin board and forming therewith pockets to support the signs,the curved edges of the lips of the signs permitting the latter toassume positions-flat against the rear face of thebulle-z tin board't'oenhance the visibility off-the signs.

-A further object is to provide 'a bulletin board of the charactermentioned wherein auxiliary signs may be employed foralteringthereadingof' portions of the principal signs employed.

Other ob ectsv and'fadvantages of the,

vention 'will become apparent during the course of. the followingdescription.

Inthe dra wings I haveshown'one ein-z bottom wall 15.

bodiment of ing,

-Figure 1 is a front elevation, Figure 2 is arear elevation, Figure. 3isa detail perspective of an auxihary sign, ,i V

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view on line 44 of Figure 2,'

Figure 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view'through a portion of thebulletin board;

proper and associated elements,

:Fig'ure 6 is a detail section on line 6-6 of Figure 2, i Figure? is adetail perspective of one of Figure 8 is a fragmentary of the vprincipalsigns, and,

Figure' 9 isa similar vlew showing one of the signs and the means forsupportingit;

Referring to the drawings the numeral 10 designates the bulletin boardas a whole view of one invention. I In this show 7 provided with a frontwall 11v having a large I opening therein in which is arranged thebulletin board proper as indicated at 12. The board as a whole comprisesa casing having a topxwall 13, end walls" 14 and a If desired, the boardmay be mounted upon casters or the like 16,, or

may be builtinto a wall; .AS clearly shown 7 in FiguresQ and 4, therearof the board is entirely opened to provide access thereto whereby theboard may be operated in a manner to be described. v v The bulletinboard'proper may be provided at its top with suitable identificationindicia 17 as shownin Figure 1, and below this indicia columns. ofopenings 18, 19, 20 i and 21 are provided,' each column being providedthereabove with suitable indicia as shown iniFigure -1'to indicate'thenumber of the train,'the point from which it istravel ing,; the timewhen the train is due, and the time at which "it is expected to arrive.A

similar series of column s of openings are arranged in the, lowerportions of the bulas to when trainsare due to leave,- andtheir.destlnatlons. From a .me'chanical stand- 'pomt'the two sets of columnsare identical letin board proper to provide information 7 and need notbe referred to further in detail.

Adjacent each endwall 14, a'vertical postings 19 and 20',asfindicatedinFigure2.

; or plate 22 is arranged, and this plate may be of any suitable form; Asimilar plate 23 is a rrangedbetweenthe columns of open The plates 22and 23"m'ay be secured in position in any suitable manner as by spotwelding them against the bulletin board proper. Each face of the plate23 and the inner faces of the plates 22 are provided with supports 24-.These supports are identical in construction and only one need bereferred to in detail. As clearly shown in Figures and 9, eachsupport isprovided with a series of angular su orting flanges 25 which inclinedownwardly and forwardly toward their lower ends. These flanges may bestamped from the material of the sup ports and correspond in arrangementto the openings in the bulletin board proper. This arrangement of theflanges is clearly shown in Figures 4t and While the supporting flanges25 are shown as being formed of integral supports, it will be apparentthat each of the supporting lianges may be separately y 28 with lugsformed and secured in position against the plates 22 and 23. As shown inFigure 2. single supports 25 are arranged at opposite ends of a separateopening 26 arranged near the top of the bulletin board, for a purpose tobe described. p y

Interchangeable signs 2'7 are adapted to be arranged rearwardly of theopenings in the bulletin board. provided with a flat forward face uponwhich may be painted the desired information as to the destinations ofthe trains, etc., andeach plate further provided with an upperhorizontal flange 28. Lips 29 are formed at the ends of the plates, andthe rear edges of these lips are slightly curved as indicated at ZBO.These curved edges are adapted to engage against the flanges 2521sclearly shown in Figure From this figure it will be apparent that theforwardfaces 27 are adapted to seat against the rear face of thebulletin board whereby the indicia on the'sign will be visible throughone of the bulletin board openings, and the curved ed es of the li s 29)ermits the si n to seat a l b firmly against the bulletin board. Oneset of signs preferably is provided with indicia to indicate thedestinations of the trains and also the numbers of the trains, theformer indicia being visible through the openings 19 and the latterthrough the o el'lings 18. Similarly anotherset of signs is providedwith indicia to indicatethe timesat which" trains are due to arrive, andeach of these.

signs is preferably provided with identical indicia WlllCl'l is adaptedto be viewed through an opening 21 Means are provided for altering theindicia to indicate. the cit-J pected arrival of a train according toindividual conditions. K

As shown in Figure B, the signs which indicate the times of arrivaloftrains maybe provided on their upper horizontalflanges 7 V Auxiliarysigns are pro vided wi-tlrforward faces having 'indicia thereon andupper horizontal flanges 33 Each of these signs is bearing similarindicia. These signs are adapted to be placed in position with theirforward faces arranged in front of the indicia of the main plates withwhich they are --associated to indicate the expected arrival of trains,and each upper flange 33 is adapted to be arranged between adjacentpairs of the lugs 31. bear any suitable indicia, as will be apparent.

In Figure 7 of the drawings I have shown a sign plate 34L which isadapted to be eX- hibited through theopeningi26 to indicatecurrentdates. 7 As shown, the signs 34 are also provided with the endflanges 29 havada ptedtoengage the supports 25 arranged rearwardly ofthe opening 26.' The sign 34 is provided on its front face with spacedportions 35 and'ZiS to indicate the month and year, and a depression 37is providedbe tween these spaced portions to receive an auxiliarysign 38bearing thenumber ofthe day." Theauxiliary sign 38 also isprovided withanupper horizontal flange id-having indicia it) thereon coinciding withthe indiciaon the front face whereby an operator may identify the platewhile standing at the rear of the bulletin board. The plate 38 may beprovided with. afinger piece in the form of. an upstanding flange. a land also may be provided with an opening 42. All of the auxiliary signs,including the signs 32, may be provided with the finger pieces andopenings ll and {12 respectively.

The interior. of the bulletin board 10 may be provided in its lowerportion with inclined supports -13 to; receive sign plates 27f whenthelatter are not in use- Asindicated V in Figure 2, each of the platesreferred to maybe provided on its rear face with indic aflt indicatingthe number ,of the train, 1

The plates 32 are adapted to lug curved rear edges 30,. the latter beingand an operatorreadily may read these numv bers when sign plates notiinuse arexar be supportedwithi-n the board whennot in use. The other endwall 14 may be provided with the hooks 45, if desired, as shown inFigure .4. L

The operation of the device is as follows: One of the main s gnplates 27is arranged .rcarwardly of the uppermost openings 18 1 and 19, thisplate bearing the destinations of one train together with its number, asin dicated. Another of the plates is then arranged rearwardly of thecorresponding openings 20 and '21 to indicate the time the train is dueand the time at'whichit? is ex= pected to arrive. As previously stated,each of the time plates bears identical indicia at each end thereof forexhibition-,through the time.

be placed in position openings in its usual form if thetrain is expectedon If the train is expected to be late, however, one of the auxiliaryplates 32 may with its forward face between the face of thetime plateand the rear face of the bulletin board. The lugs 31 are provided toproperly position the auxiliary plates without the necessity of theoperator looking at the front of the board.

One of the date plates is arranged rearwardly of the opening 26according .to the 'month and year, and suchplateremains in positionthroughout I the corresponding month. a-It will be obvious that the dayplates 38inay be changed from day today by inserting the face of one ofthe plates in the recess37.

Each of the main indicia plates, and the date plate, is provided atoppositeends with one of the hen said plates are placed in position,the

' supporting flanges serve not only to supthe inner faces of gardless Iof port the plates, but also move them inwardly whereby they contactsnugly with the rear face of the bulletin board proper. The

curved edges of the flanges assist in this 210- in use. The main indiciaplates readily may be placed in position and removed by grasping thehorizontal flanges at the upper edges thereof. I

It will be obvious that the hooks 45 may be placed inanyconvenient-position to render the auxiliary plates readily accessible.For instance, the hooks may be provided on also against the inner faceof the forward wall of the casing as indicated in theupper left handcorner of Figure 2.

It is to be understood that the form of the invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken'as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes in the shape, size and arrangelnentof parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the in' vention or thescope of thesubj oined claims.- I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising a board having anopening therein, a pair of supports fixed with respect to and havingfaces inclineddowm Wardly toward said boardand arranged ad- 20 and 21,and such plateis used lips 29 havingcurv'ed edges 30' while it 1 bothendwalls 14 and jacent opposite; ends of, saiduopening, and 'a signplate adapted to be arranged against one face of said boardto bevisible, through v said-Iopening, each end of said plate being providedwith a projecting lip engaging one of saidinclined faces. r

- 2. A device of the character described coin-L.

prising aboard having an'opening. therein,

a pair of supporting flanges fixed-with re-- spect to and arrangedrearwardlyfof,said. board adjacent opposite ends 'of said open-y: ing,said supporting 'flanges being inclined downwardly toward said board,and a sign plate arranged rear'wardly of said. board againstsaidgopening. to be visible therethrough, said plate being provided atoppo V site ends with rearwardly projecting llps' engaging saidsupporting flanges.

i 3. A device vof the character described o I comprising a board havingan opening therein, a. pair of supporting flanges fixed with respectto'and arranged rearwardly of said board adjacent opposite endsv of saidopening, said supporting flanges being inclined downwardly towardsaidboard, and a sign plate arranged rearwardly of said board.

against said opening to ,be visible therethrough, said plate beingprovided at opposite ends with rearwardly projecting lips I I havingtheir rear edges curved and contact ing with said flanges. 4. A deviceof the character described comprisingaboard having'an opening there-.

in, a pair of supporting flanges fixed with respect to and arrangedrearwardly of said board adjacent opposite ends of said opening andinclined downwardly toward said board, and a sign plate arrangedrearwardly of said board and against the rear face thereof adjacent said,openin to be visible therebeing provided at oppothrough, said platesite ends with rearwardly projecting lips,- each of said lipscontactingwith one of said flanges substantially at a single point. p

5. A device of the character described comprising a board having aplurality of loo parallel horizontal openings, vertical sup ports fixedwith respect to said board and ary ranged adjacent'opposite ends ofsaidopen-. ings, each of said supports being provided with a supportingflange corresponding in position to each of said openings and inclineddownwardly. toward said board, and a sign plate adapted to be arrangedrearward 1y of any of said openings against the rear face of said boardand provided at its ends with rearwardly projecting lips contacting withthe corresponding flanges.

6. A device constructed in accordance with claim 5 wherein said lipsareprovided with. 2

curved rearward edges adapted to contact. with said flanges.

., 7 A device of the character described coinprising a board having anopeningthe'rein, a pair of supportsfixed with respect to and havingfaces inclined downwardly toward said board and arranged adjacentopposite ends of said openings, a sign plate adapted- 1 rangedbetweenand contacting with said first named sign plate and said board andsupported by said first named sign plate.

8. A device of the character described coinprising a board having anopening there in, a pair of supporting flanges fixed with respect tosaid board and arranged adjacent opposite ends of said opening andinclined downwardly toward said board, a sign plate having indioiathereon and provided at 0pposite ends with rearwardly projectin lips,said plate being arranged rea-I-Ward'ly of said opening and contactingwith the rear face of said board with said lips contacting with saidsupporting flanges, and an auxiliary sign having 'indicia thereon andarranged between and contacting with said board and said sign plate. p

In testimony whereof I affix my signature FREDERICK s WOLSTENHOLME.

